MY MOTHER THE NURSE and HER “HIGH ENEMAS”
My mother was a nurse and enemas was something she had no problem giving to me whenever she and at times our family doctor gave orders for me to have an enema/enemas for most any reason. She always said, enemas are good for you.
The last child enema was at age 12 . The year i was 13 i hadn’t felt well, but had not said anything to my mother, but she knew something wasn’t right. That night she came in my room and ask me if I was feeling ok and I said not really. She felt me and said I think you have a fever. She turned and left the room, only to return with a jar of vaseline and a thermometer. She told be to turn over, I am taking your temp ,at this point i just gave in, as she lubed my rectum, she said I know you have a fever, I can tell, and in went the thermometer. She held it in place and it didn’t feel good and i squirmed around waiting for her to take it out. After 2 minutes, she removed it and confirmed, i had a fever. She ask if I had have a BM today?, I said no, not today. How many days have passed you haven’t had a BM. I said Im not sure. I am calling the doctor, he may want to see you or tell me what to do for you at home. She walked down the hall and I heard her call and talk to the doctor, when she had finished the call, she came back to me room. You have a pretty high fever and being that you have not had a BM, Dr K said I should give you 2/3 enemas to help you feel better. NO i said i wont do it….you have nothing to say in the matter, now come into the bathroom, Dr K ordered the enemas and the doctor know best.
Once in the bathroom Mom told me that because of my age, a child’s enema wont do for your constipation, so your enemas will be what are referred to as ‘high enema” I said what is that? Its an enema given from a enema bag, not a bulb syringe as you had as a little girl. These are large enemas and you need to hold your enema so the water can clean you out better. Now I want you to lay on the floor on your back while I fill the bag. I watched her fill the bag (with a lot of water and a bar soap), the bar soap was left in the bag, She mixed the soap and water so there were soap bubbles coming out the top of the bag. Then she moved to the closet and took out a long red tube and attached it to the end of the small enema nozzle that i use to get enemas with. Then the bag was hung just over my head and mom brought her items needed for giving the enema. Now then, we are ready, I want you to raise your legs and knees up and close to your chest. I am going apply Vaseline to you rectum and insert my finger in you to make sure the rectal tube can pass inside you easily. I want you to relax, it is important that you take the whole enema for it to do it job properly. If you cannot hold your enema, we will need to start the enema again with a full bag. I was already crying and begging her not to give me these enemas, I feel better now, I don’t need an enema, please don’t make me take it!. There is not discussion, Dr K said you needed the enemas and I agree. Now be my good girl, I am going to start your enema now. She had me raise my legs lubricated my rectum and as promised, her finger went up inside as far as she could go and moved her finger around and around to make sure the lube had a place for the rectal tube to slide inside me. Ok i am going to put the tube inside you now, please relax and don’t move. Once I felt the tube on my rectum I jumped a little and I heard her say, your are a big girl and you can take a ‘high enema’ and in went the tube, Im not sure just how far it was in me, but she then said ok, lower your legs and turn on your left side. You are going to take your enema now and I heard the click, and then I felt the warm water flow inside me and mom moving the tube further and further up my colon. She said, you feel okay, and I said, NO take it out,!!! I will not stop the enema you can take enema just breathe and relax. After a couple of minutes, I said I getting full, you need to stop the enema mom, she said you still have water in the bag, you are taking the whole enema. I guess she felt a little sorry for me because She stopped the enema and have me turn on my back again. She let me stay in this position and started the enema again. The pressure seem to be better, but in a few short minutes I was feeling cramps and had a very full belly. I ask again, can we stop the enema now, she said look at the bag, there is only a little water left for you to take. Your almost there. And then she finally stopped the enema. Good girl, you took the whole bag, Now I want you to turn on your side, I am leaving the rectum tube inside to help you hold your enema.
After 10 minutes of pain, pressure and crying, she let me go to the toilet and I release my enema. Mom told me not to flush, she needed to see what came out, when she had seen the results, she said. That was a lot of poop, but you are going to need to take another enema, then maybe all you bad stuff inside will be gone. I was NOT having it, I screamed I DON’T WANT ANOTHER ENEMA!!!!! this one hurt and the next one will be just as bad. You are taking another enema, Im going to let you relax a little and we will start the second enema. As she prepared my second enema, she told me this enema was going to be another soap suds enema and with another full bag, but you should be able to take this one easier than the first because a lot of the poop is was cleaned out on the first try.
For the next enema she had me on my knees with shoulders on the floor, this position will help the water flow higher inside you. Once you have taken 1/3 of the enema, I will let you change position like before. Now lets get you ready to have the tube inserted again. With a huge finger of the vaseline she moved toward my rectum again and slipped it in with no problem and without stopping pushed the tube up in me and started the water, in this position I could feel the tube as it moved upward along with the water flow. Mom said ‘thats my girl’ your doing just fine, just.a little longer and you can change positions. I heard the click and knew she had stopped the enema. I slowly moved onto my back as the tube is still inside my rectum. Once on my back, she ask, do you have cramps, I said just a little, then I starting the enema again now. I don’t know if she was right but because some of the poop was gone the second enema didn’t hurt as much, but i was feeling full and could see I still had more water than I wanted to have to hold. As the last 1/3 of the enema was flowing down the tube I had a bad cramp and was moaning and begging for relief, she said, you’re almost there, just a couple more minutes and then i heard the click my enema was over!!!!! Mom checked my stomach to see how extended it was and said she was so proud i took my second “high enema”. this time she let me release the enema and relax on the toilet as she turn towards the sink I thought she was was cleaning the enema bag and rectum tube, But she wasn’t putting the bag and tube away, she was preparing a THIRD enema.
This is your last enema for today, The third is a warm water enema to help wash the soap subs out when you release your enema. Now i am going to change the tube to a enema nozzle that has a bubble on the end, (she showed me a large green enema nozzle) and explain I will be able to hold the water without any leakage. So I am ready to start the enema, lay on your left side and I will start your enemas now. She again lubricated the nozzle and slipped it in without any problem and then the click and the water was going in. I liked the way the warm water felt and I was actually comfortable. She said, I can tell you are all cleaned out now, this water is moving easier, Im going to increase the flow and your enema will be over before you know it, and before i knew it, i heard the click, the last enema was over. When i was able to get on the toilet, the water was clear, my mother was happy she had done her job..
As I was not specific, all my enemas were 2qt and for a 13 year old, it seemed like what an adult would consider 3/4 qt enemas being administered to them. Mom did have a Balloon Retention Nozzle, but chose not to introduce this particular piece of enema equipment on this day but I did have many of her high enemas with this nozzle, which helped me control the urge to want to release my enemas and enjoy the warm full belly during my sessions with her.
I had a lot of enemas from my Mother until I was 18 years old. And as I wrote this story, I was right there in that bathroom, with her, the smell of her, the smell of enemas, and wondering if she were here today, would she give me her “HIGH ENEMAS now?